Mo Johnston, please sign Will Johnson

Before I begin, let me note that I’m batting 1.000 so far when it comes to direct pleas to MoJo to sign a Canadian player. (Sure, the Gerba signing didn’t exactly work out as planned — as predicted by a commenter on that post — but hey, you can’t make an omelet without cracking some eggs. I don’t know what that means. Anyway.)

I’ll just make my point here succinctly. Johnson is relatively young (23 in January), a member of the Canadian men’s national team and terrific on the wing, which is a position where Toronto sorely needs help. Johnson’s already got playoff experience in MLS, as this week he’s headed to his second straight western conference final with Salt Lake. He was also part of this year’s all-star game and, let’s not forget, he did win goal of the year last season.

I don’t know Johnson’s contract status, or whether he’ll be available for signing in the off-season. Salt Lake has a good supply of firepower, though, and would be theoretically willing to part with Johnson (even if I can’t readily think of what Toronto would send their way in return). But these are issues for MoJo to work out. Contract quibbles notwithstanding, Will is exactly the kind of guy that Toronto FC should be going after.

5 Responses to “Mo Johnston, please sign Will Johnson”

If MoJo could swing a way to trade Chad Barrett for Will Johnson I will take back anything bad I’ve ever said about Mo. Really though, teams should be lining up to take Chad Barrett off our hands given the consistent success of strikers who leave TFC.

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